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Population and Public Health

By Laura Lovett | 02:40 pm | March 03, 2021
The health tech company teamed up with New York State's Department of Public Health to distribute the vaccines. 
By Ahmed El Sherif | 09:42 am | February 23, 2021
The smartphone-enabled LooK SPOT test scans for nucleocapsid protein from SARS-CoV-2 in nasal swabs, with results reportedly available in five to eight minutes.
By HIMSS TV | 03:54 pm | February 22, 2021
Deep Dive: As NASA prepares to send astronauts to Mars in the not so distant future, innovators look at what space health could teach us about human health in general.
By Mallory Hackett | 12:41 pm | February 17, 2021
The app doesn’t allow members to schedule a vaccine appointment, but it provides details on how to schedule a visit at each listed location.
By Sara Mageit | 11:16 am | February 16, 2021
Synapse Medicine will roll-out the adverse drugs monitoring technology to increase the safety of the vaccination programme.
By Mallory Hackett | 12:45 pm | February 15, 2021
The back-to-work tool builds upon Masimo's SafetyNet remote monitoring system that was developed to help hospitals care for patients in non-traditional settings.   
By Laura Lovett | 02:35 pm | February 10, 2021
As part of the deal, NASA employees, including 150 astronauts, will get a Fitbit Charge 4 and access to the Work Daily Check-In platform. 
By Sophie Porter | 03:33 pm | February 09, 2021
Weekly data will soon be released alongside NHS Test and Trace data to create a better picture of how the UK is tracking COVID-19 and breaking the chain of transmission.
By HIMSS TV | 08:14 am | February 08, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, director of clinical analytics at Linguamatics, shares how machine learning can help flag troubling patterns and improve systems moving forward.
By HIMSS TV | 09:47 am | February 05, 2021
This week's top stories include Google Cloud joining the national COVID-19 vaccination effort with a new distribution tool, the feds sending one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to 6,500 pharmacies, and a security breach at Montefiore Medical Center.